Sentence examples for a superior division from inspiring English sources

Two main divisions of these endings are distinguished: a superior division, which includes the three semicircular canals, the organs associated with the sense of balance, and the utricle, a small sac into which the semicircular canals open; and an inferior division, which includes the saccule (also a small sac) and its derivatives.

Washington has a slightly superior division record (3-1) over the Cowboys (3-2), which gives the Redskins the first tiebreaker edge over Dallas and the Giants (2-3).

A neuropathologic examination of an individual exhibiting a classic CFEOM phenotype whose disease gene maps to the CFEOM1 locus revealed an absence of the superior division of the third cranial nerve and corresponding oculomotor subnuclei [ 11], suggesting a primary neuropathic aetiology with secondary myopathic changes, rather than a primary myopathic aetiology.

A nearby site in the superior division of the lateral occipital cortex (24, −82, 38) was previously shown to be activated in a task-independent fashion by spatially-congruent visual and vibrotactile stimulation [30].

Dissociations in the findings for AC-evoked cVEMPs and oVEMPs have been recognised to occur in vestibular neuritis, a condition with preferential involvement of the superior division of the vestibular nerve (Fetter and Dichgans, 1996).

Kif21a is linked to congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles type 1 (CFEOM1), a disease characterised by absence of motor neurons of the midbrain and in the superior division of the oculomotor nerve [ 23].

The superior division of the labyrinth is remarkably constant in form throughout the vertebrates except in the cyclostomes (e.g., hagfishes and lampreys), in which the canals and endings are reduced in number.

The superior division is responsible for innervation of the levator and superior rectus muscles.

TTINP may be caused by injury of the terminal branch of the superior division of the oculomotor nerve.

The proposed mechanism is injury of the terminal branch of the superior division of the oculomotor nerve.

The terminal branch of the superior division of the oculomotor nerve was stretched and shocked during this process.